I decided to go with linen for the long strips and binding because it set off the blue & white beautifully. I love linen. It looks good with everything! I free-motion quilted meandering lines and the words, and hand-embroidered a running stitch along the edges of the linen strips.

I found the perfect fabric for the back. It is a blue & white Asian style cotton print of birds on branches. I lost track of where I purchased it online. I used every last piece in the quilt. It wasn't quite large enough for the back after using some for the front so I added a large white border of text fabrics including a fabulous newspaper print.

Maya and her kids loved the quilt. Both of my cats thought that the quilt was extra comfortable too! Get off the quilt, Opal! I still need to embroider it...

Just beautiful! and I think it SHOULD be called "Stacked China".... looks so much like the dishes in the photo.... and why is it that our kitties always want to lay on our newly quilted or sewn projects? It seems to always be the case! The back is so pretty and love the newsprint too..... just a gorgeous job you did.. and love that quote. I love all of your patterns on Etsy.. one of these days I'm going to get me some!